After a traumatic incident, Jun Sakurada refuses to interact with the outside world and return to school—he even shuts out his sister, his closest friend. Jun spends most of his time online buying spiritual items that are obvious rip-offs. One day he finds a website that curiously enough asks him to put his order in his desk drawer. Thinking it's a joke, Jun plays along. The following day a suitcase arrives containing a doll named Shinku... that comes to life before his very eyes! Welcome to the world of Rozen Maiden, where Jun must enter an all-new reality to protect and serve a living doll...
(Source: Tokyopop)

Tokyo Akazukin is about an 11-year-old girl who usually just goes by the name of Akazukin (Little Red Riding Hood). She has a sick obsession with a being known only as Mr. Wolf and wants nothing more then to be eaten by him to end her "immortal" life. Akazukin has lost all of her memories and doesn't even know who she really is. Her reason to want to be eaten by Mr. Wolf is not even know to her, instead it's a desire that is locked deep within her consciousness.

An incredibly rich and fascinating world that is full of wonders and enchanting beauties—a world in which men are watched over by the mechanical goddess Marie who at times appears on the sky. Marie's music brings people happiness and harmony. Their life is free from advanced technology and the longing for progress. The story centers around Kai, a young man who develops a deep affection for Marie. His quest for enlightenment leads him inside Marie's mechanical body where he learns the unbelievable truth about her and his own world.
(Source: Kotonoha, edited)

The members of the Takashiro family share a terrible curse: only human blood can quench their thirst. Sent away after the death of his mother, Kuzuna Takashiro remained blissfully unaware of his 'condition.' When Kazuna's teenage hormones begin to rage, his uncontrollable bloodlust suddenly rears its head...
(Source: Tokyopop)

It's the Meiji Era in a slightly alternate Japan, and the Gregorian calendar has just come into effect. The fox-eared girls living in the youkai part of town are about to be put to work together with a delegation of young human soldiers, to promote interracial understanding. So what will happen when Zakuro's strong personality collides with human sensibilities?
(Source: MU)

"Here be monsters," this expression has always been used to speak of the ocean—a dark, impenetrable world that can only conceal unimaginable horrors that the human can't see... often not until it is too late. A series of unexplained accidents happen at a submarine platform 6,000 meters beneath the surface and, in response, a group of scientists and cadres are sent to investigate. Before long, the members of the party start to get haunted by horrifying, elusive visions... and the rash of brutal deaths once again resumes. Is it just a collection of freak accidents and hallucinations caused by sheer paranoia, the claustrophobic environment and dysbarism... or is there really something more lurking in this abyssal station?
(Source: jCafe24)

Strange suicides have been taking place in New York. One day, four girls from the same high school wake up in the morning feeling tired and dizzy and not being able to remember anything about the previous night. In school, they find out that one of their classmates has committed suicide. School is canceled for the rest of the day, but instead of going home, the girls are drawn to a park by butterflies only they can see. Suddenly a man and a woman approach the girls, telling them that they all died the previous night. (Source: ANN)

A new transfer student has come into town, a girl with a mysterious air and black clothing who is called Inugami Sakuya. What few know is that by moonlight, she hunts and kills those possessed by "Inugami." A man can become possessed by being bitten, leading to a nighttime transformation into a beast driven to eat women. Sakuya gets no thanks for brutally ending the lives of these unfortunate men with her sword, and she is often too late to save the women they threaten. Sakuya also must deal with her own inner demons, which are all too real...
(Source: MangaHelpers)

Ishikawa Ginji is a young man who happens to hate any kind of business related to 'the other side,' such as ghosts, superstitions or the occult. His despise for the matter is such, that he can quickly break up any girl if they show any interest in matters such as lucky charms or any kind of future reading.
One day, while he was self pondering about his life while ruining a date on a whim, he is suddenly kissed by an elementary school girl go goes by the name "Ageha," stating that she will use him to "wipe out every ghost in the world." While the sex appeal of an elementary school kid kiss was not enough to turn Ginji to her side, the fact that she "bought him" by paying a huge debt that he had acquired seems to work quite efficiently.

In the early 20th century a massive crop failure sends Yanakawa Narito to Tokyo to earn money for his sick wife and children. But jobs are scarce, and only an emotional plea to Tsuzuki gets him a position. But Tsuzuki is expecting more than just cleaning services, and Narito can't leave...
[Source: M-U]

In the thick fog that drowns all sounds and smell, Arama and her brother have the bad luck of running into a group of infamous bounty hunters. This unnatural meeting is the cause for hunting an outlaw that's worth one hundred million gold...
(Source: Bliss)

Supernatural phenomena and strange occurrences are no sweat for the Nanami Paranormal Investigation agency, headed by Asagi Nanami. As "freak" activity grows to a terrifying fever pitch, Asagi's assistants—Naoki, Tokiko, and Mahime—help to solve several major "freak" cases. Freaks are creatures with the ability to possess humans and prey on their weaknesses. However, Asagi and his gang are no ordinary humans; each is equipped with a special power to vanquish Freaks. Wacky paranormal adventures await!
(Source: DrMaster)

After 2050, Tokyo. The sixteen-year-old gifted police detective Kyouko Karasuma works for a special devision in the Asakusa Police Department. Her rather abnormal cases involve: fighting oni, tengu, and other monsters from Asian myths and legends. The modern art by the character designer of Speed Grapher works very well with the action-heavy story line and the overall art improves with each volume.
(Source: MU)

Some time ago, the asteroid Kumaria exploded in the depths of space.
The resulting fragments became a meteor shower that rained down on Earth, and for some reason, bears all over the world rose up and attacked humanity! In "Man vs. Bear," the bears ate the humans and the humans shot the bears, resulting in a seemingly unending battle and a cycle of hatred. In the end, a giant "Wall of Extinction" was erected between the humans and bears and a state of mutual nonaggression came to pass...
The human world.
One morning, Arashigaoka Academy students Kureha Tsubaki and Sumika Izumino were by themselves and saw the "Yuri Flower" that bloomed in a flower bed. The two are friends as well as lovers. The flower bed is an important place to the two. At that moment, the Bear Alarms ring out! The bears are invading the human world, and humans are being attacked! Are they really those bears? One mystery invokes yet another mystery, one after another...
(Source: ANN)

Ryuu left his small town for a better life in Tokyo, but after four years he feels trapped in a job he doesn't like and a tiny apartment. When Tatsushima, an old friend from his home town, shows up out of the blue to take him home will Ryuu be willing to give up his boring life in the city?
(Source: Biblo Eros)
Chapter 6, Heaven's War, continues the story of Cry and Sig from Heaven's Love.

About to start her first year of high school, Sakurako Kawawa settles into her new lodgings. But when she meets her new roommate—the beautiful Kasumi Yamabuki—everything changes! From day one the responsible, level-headed Sakurako and lazy, easygoing Kasumi find themselves at odds with one another, but with their matching mugs and one bed to share, Sakurako and Kasumi's friendship is just beginning!
(Source: Tokyopop)

Sakura Manabe is a 16-year-old high school student and is living with her 12-year-old sister Momiji and 27-year-old sister Botan, who works to support the three of them. Their 19-year-old brother Kashiwa has been away at college for two years and has suddenly decided to come back to live with them. However, when Kashiwa arrives, Sakura and the others discover that Kashiwa has now decided to live as a woman. Sakura and her two sisters now have to cope with the new reality of having another sister.
(Source: MU)

What with humans killing, exorcising, and otherwise getting rid of them all the time, monsters and demons have become endangered species. Someone has to look out for them, and that's what Yamada Shintarou is training to do- he's going to become a monster guardian. Armed with a two-by-four and a talking rabbit, he goes out to fight the demon hunters, hoping to defeat enough of them to get his monster guardian license. It is while he is doing this that he meets Nao, a normal (if unusually pretty) high school girl, and instantly falls in love... with her neck. Now Yamada has a new mission in life: to protect Nao, and keep anyone- monster, ghost, demon hunter, or otherwise- from getting in the way of his view of her nape.
(Source: ANN)

Three centuries ago, a vampire by the name of Migiri was running a reign of terror across Japan when a hero named Naonosuke Kobayashi cut off his head and sent him to eternal rest... until now.
(Source: Tokyopop)

Konohana Kitan is the heartwarming story of a new apprentice named Yuzu, and the other fox girls who work at a hot spring hotel called Konohatei. The staff at Konohatei live by one belief: no matter who one may truly be, no matter what, anyone who is a guest is a god. Of course, that includes you. Let the hospitality of Yuzu and the Konohatei heal your tired soul.
(Source: Tokyopop)

In Kyoto, there are three kinds of residents: humans, tanuki, and tengu. Shimogamo Yasaburou is the third son of the Shimogamo tanuki family. His father, Souichirou, had been the head of Kyoto tanuki community until he was eaten by the human members of "Friday Club." While taking care of an old tengu, fighting with other tanuki, and playing with a psychic human girl, Yasaburou approaches the truth of his father's death.

Momo Momoda, a Kansai girl who dreams to be a game creator. She is accepted as a Planner-in-training in a indie game company, G3. However, what will face her are the bitter disparity between her dreams and reality. She starts to learn the real lesson!
Taiyo Tenkawa, who often caught by his own thoughts in gaming world. Hoshino Tsukiyama, the normal employee who has a mysterious hobby, and a lot of other members with various personalities. Nevertheless, until today their game spirit are burning in passion in the nook of Akibara! It's a hot story of the game industries whom compete for the good deed!

Deep within the mountains of Tibet, secluded from the mortal world, sits The Arm of Kannon, an instrument of inconceivably wicked power, resting safely outside the grasp of humanity... until now.
An archeologist, Juzo Mikami, dizzied with tales of The Arm's power and determined to unlock the mystery behind this Buddhist secret, sets out on a journey to find this ancient artifact and is never heard from again, leaving behind his wife and children. Three years later, he returns to his family, however he isn't the man he was, and his family will never be the same.
(Source: Tokyopop)

A terminally ill girl named Himari Takakura is miraculously saved from death by a strange spirit who resides in a penguin-shaped hat. However, in exchange for extending her life, the spirit tasks Himari's brothers, Kanba and Shouma, to seek out an item known as the Penguindrum with assistance from a trio of strange penguins.
(Source: Wikipedia)

Yuji Midorikawa is your typical high school student who has a secret identity: He is Green in the high school battalion unit, Gakusei 5 (G5 for short). G5 is the special unit trained to fight and protect Earth against the invasion of the dreaded Galactic force Gurdark and its sexy queen Mayura. But Green has a problem. He really can't fight, and always ends up hiding behind his other team mates. What ensues is a witty and wild ride as our Imperfect Hero struggles to maintain his reputation as a guardian of earth while keeping up his grade point average in school!

AMI Kenchirou (looks like a girl) was stabbed and killed.
However, he woke up not in a morgue or in a hospital but under a bridge. With no pulse and a cold body, he was indeed dead. As he was wondering what to do two girls appeared in front of him, Katarina and Nora. Katarina is a self proclaimed genius scientist studying zombies and the living dead like Nora and probably Kenchirou. Kenichirou decides to help Katarina and Nora to gather the living dead, the story of the strange community begins.
(Source: Baka-Updates)

It is the near future and the age of criminal organizations fighting for territory with their own crew has ended as they figured that it was neither economical nor practical. The new method of territory warfare is done with each criminal organization hiring an assassin and betting their land on which assassin survives the modern day coliseum.
Bando Eiji aka Gun Mania is a top rated assassin for the Kuroyanagi group. A young man named Kusano Nonomura of the now overthrown Kusano organization seems to have a vengeance against Bando, the Kuroyanagi family and the entire criminal world. Blood will be shed very soon.
(Source: MU)

Twenty-nine years after Tokyo was established as the capital of Japan, a series of bizarre and mysterious crimes happening in the city of Kawara. Mysterious flame demon, dark red princess, fireflies seller, puppeteers also appearing near the place of accident. The perpetrator might be spirits or human's dark side.
Hirakawa Shintaro, a journalist, is investigating those mysterious cases with Manzo's help. Their investigation to find the perpetrator brings them to an intrigue inside Takatsukasa family.

One man felt a great ambition as he silently stood in the shadow of the "wolf," whose beauty far surpassed even that of a woman's. His name was Toshizou Hijikata. Read the tale of the Shinsengumi warriors who fearlessly rode through the Bakumatsu Era!
(Source: Storm in Heaven)

There are rumors of a grand treasure located within the local museum of Ashiwara and that this treasure requires a special key to unlock. But no one seems to know what this treasure is or even what the key looks like.
But Kei and Hikaru, two childhood friends, may inadvertently find out when someone seeks to claim the treasure for themselves and that action plunges their world into chaos.

Maya is a mysterious young girl who is hired as an assistant to detective Matsunomiya. The Imperial City of the Taisho Era has a mixture of Eastern and Western cultures... What kind of adventure will the two encounter here?
(Source: MU)

Professor Saikawa and Nishinosono Moe go to camp on an island where the mysterious Professor Magata Shiki has a closed laboratory. They're curious about the murder of Magata's parents, and they manage to talk their way into the lab itself. While they are inside, a dressed-up corpse is shockingly propelled out of the door of Magata's quarters! It appears she was murdered, and she won't be the last...
(Source: MangaHelpers)

1942. The Allies were losing the war against the Nazis. In occupied France, where there was no longer the two sides could engage in combat - and the German troops invaded northern Africa after the failure of the Italian army at the Battle of Beda Fomm. The African campaign had lasted three years and was crucial to take the Suez Canal and protect Egypt - then a British protectorate. The British - at the time isolated in their own country against a long air offensive Germanic - had to settle for a passive strategy, attacking the Germans where to attack. In this context, General Montgomery gathered a large army of British, Australians, South Africans, Indians and French who rebelled against the Nazi occupation.
Four clashes happen. The first Battle of El Alamein ended in a stalemate, with many killed on both sides. The Battle of Marsa Matruh, in defense of the Suez Canal, finished with a Nazi victory, forcing the remaining troops to take refuge in El Alamein, where were the other troops - leading to a quick British victory at the Battle of Alam Halfa. Now the two sides were tied - and on 23 October, came the Second Battle of El Alamein, where happen the first major upset in the history of the Second World War.

Milo is a young girl living in a small village that's located a bottom of a waterfall. The village is surrounded by high cliffs and the elders have forbidden anyone of going out to visit the world beyond those cliffs. Milo lives in this environment and helps her fellow villagers by inventing all kinds of object they need. However this peaceful lifestyle suddenly changes when a mechanical monster drops down from the waterfall and starts attacking everything that moves.

A thousand years before Christ, the last king of an ancient dynasty had to sacrifice his own life and that of his friends and allies to seal away a demon fox causing chaos in his land and driving people to despair. During the Heian period that golden-haired nine-tailed vixen, known as Daji in China and Kayo in India, whose malign influence led to the dramatic downfall of the governments, reappeared in Japan...
In Kyoto, a misfortune befalls Mikuzu's family after the head of the household nearly shoots a fox with an arrow. Now Mikuzu, a daughter of a ronin, with a help of her neighbor and a childhood friend Onioumaru, is looking for a way to cure her gravely ill father. Once the demon fox abducts Mikuzu, meaning to recommence her misadventures in a new incarnation, the battle to save the girl and to restore the seal begins.
(Source: MU)

With a strange plague of demonic possession slowly taking over the bodies of unsuspecting victims, there's only one man to call—the acupuncturist, Dr. Taima. His knowledge of the obscure ability to wield the tamaishin—needles, not only used to banish malevolent and lecherous demons, but also that can control the flow of chi in all things—makes him a force to be reckoned with!
Having found its way to Dunwich. Massachusetts, Dr. Taima and his lovely assistant, Maki Togetsu, make their way to America to combat this repulsive plague that turns people into rapacious monsters that devour anything within their grasp! When an ally joins dr. Taima, how will these taimashin masters bait their prey into their piercing trap? Find out in the story that chronicles their campaign against evil, in Taimashin!

Blessed with dazzling loveliness and eternal youth, Aioi Kohana is a 37-year-old virgin... yet she's trapped in a loli body as if she is cursed! Now against her will, she is the cult leader of her faithful - pedophiles, losers, shota-lovers and even a middle school student girl.

When he was a child, Harada Kishi liked to play at being a knight. He swore to always be loyal to his playmate and chosen princess Shirahime Idzunu. Seven years after he was forced to move away, he has found her again at high school.
In the intervening years his enthusiasm for being her knight has not diminished, and has been fueled by otaku information. Unfortunately for him, teenage Idzunu isn't anything like his manga or anime has led him to believe princesses should look and act. To his surprise, she even takes offense at him pointing this out.
However, there is more to his knight act than he would ever have believed, as Idzuru and other girls are actually the recipients of "animus" power from falling stars. This power has transformed them into "Players" with various titles, who need to collect "Chessmen" to fight for them. Will Kishi be able to maintain his role as Idzunu's loyal knight?
(Source: tethysdust)

Mysteriously disappeared children, an old folk legend that speaks of strange events and a monstrous creature, a strange voice...
Michio, a writer, visit Shirotoge, a small rural village dispersed in the dense mountain forests of Japan, with almost no contact with the rest of the world...and here begins the worst nightmare of his life. When the atavistic fears are realized up to shake the mind of the most rational of men, then there is no hope.

A strange silver-hair man, Ameya, helps a young boy, Norio. But no-one seems to see this weird man...
A murder takes place in a locked room, with only one clue : a piece of paper filled with an incomprehensible warning
« Within three days I will steal the equivalent value of the life of the person who will be in this room»
Two inspectors working for Sircam insurance, Isa et Senjô, think that the culprit is "Paper Cut". But who is this enigmatic murderer ?

For one hundred years, no outsider has set foot inside the Queen's kingdom... The ruling Queen has been developing her own scientific methods in secrecy. As soon as Michiru, a foreigner, enters the kingdom to investigate, the queen is murdered.
(Source: MangaUpdates)

888 follows Hisago, Tsukumo, Shimeki, and Kobayashi-Kun, Shimeki's cute doggie. These four run a detective agency. Though they usually don't get a lot of customers, Hisago's dad still gives them money every once in a while so they stay afloat. But when they do, boy are they big cases (they have to find a lost pet).
There's no blood in this story though Shimeki does get kidnapped by his ex-wife and is forced to make dinner for her with a knife to his head. There are no mysterious deaths or high speed chase scenes. They're simply a detective agency who just happens to be floating along picking up any case they happen to get.
(Source: Karoshi)

Volume 1: Fuyu no Monogatari (Winter's Tale)
In the late 19th century England, Grace King was the daughter of a declined Marquis and also the mistress of Count Arthur Roland. After her mysterious death, her sons Linus and Lawrence were taken under custody of their father Earl Roland, who has a sick wife Anna and other children. Linus deeply suspects that the Roland family was involved in the death of his mother and thus begins his lonely investigation.
Volume 2-?: Haru no Sanka (Spring's Paean)
Rachel Brennan was hired by the Roland family as the governess for the children. The children, except the second son William, gradually began to like her. Will William also open up to Rachel too with her efforts?
(Source: MU)

In order to give his family a fresh start, Akio buys a house in the countryside. However, there is something very wrong with the house, and what should have been a haven of peace slowly turns into a nightmare.
(Source: MU)

In order to become a splendid devil in Hell History, a stubborn and reserved 6 year old, Robin Verall, will be entering Hell Academy elementary. He really hates to go to school so he hides in some weird places, resulting in him "being in a pinch!" Robin's homeroom teacher, Shiba-sensei, discovers him in an odd place and saves him from a pinch, and since then, Robin is feeling a bit more attached to sensei than ever. And goes through some Hellish schemes to tries to get closer.
(from M-U)

Anyone can fall into the maze of illusions and realities.
What is real and what is just a dream? What if you could find out what role do you take in other people´s minds? What if you wished to be young again? What if you´re lying your way through life? What if you suffered from chronic indecision or really bad luck?
Six horror stories that will make you think about yourselves and the world.

The Saezuki Clan binds a living soul into the cold flesh of a sewn-together corpse. He is Shibito, an undead samurai and the next ruler of Japan! Can the Saezuki Clan control their mindless killer, or will Shibito turn against his masters?
(Source: Central Park Media)

16 years ago, Japan was swept by a series of natural disasters that destroyed all modern society. Momoka lives with her grandmother who makes a living selling pieces of the old technology. It's Momoka's job to dig up the "treasure" from the junk yard. But, things get harder since some punk mutant(?) oni claim the junk yard as their own. The battle is on as Momoka battles the oni for a piece of the action with her friends Monkey, Dog, and pet bird, Kiji.
(Source: MU)

The manga follows the adventures of Baron, a man living on continent of Arad in the year 981 after "the cursed light of Kazan" has fallen across the land. Thanks to the curse, one of his arms has become possessed. After finding a sword that has been possessed by the spirit Roxy, he embarks on a quest to unravel the secret of the curse and meets various people who also join his party.
(Source: ANN)

Nail is a lonely young boy. Fuyu is after him. Erica is a girl that Nail meets. The three will probably never come to a mutual understanding, but their interaction highlights the unique form of alienation that each experiences.
(Source: MU)

A journalist is one who collects stories suitable for television and news, but the young journalist in Researcher must learn all the difficulties that come with the job including big wigs of the company who look down on her and the rival companies who threaten her business.

After failing his college exam, Nishikori Kon took his pet cat and fled. He ended up going from Kyoto to Mount Hakodate in Hokkaido. At his wits end, he was picked up by a young man named Tachikawa Ayakane, who hired him on the spot to work at his and his brothers' café (though his older brother hates the word 'café') "Coffee & Cat." It turns out Ayakane was so impressed with Kon's pet cat's appearance that he wanted him to get the unkempt 5 cats of the establishment in order. Now Kon serves all the cats, but he has a secret the brothers don't know. Kon can actually see cats as human beings and understand their speech! Kon and his pet cat's new lifestyle is just beginning!
(Source: MangaHelpers)

Shinsaku and his brother are two orphans raised by the Lord Yoshimoto. Their kingdom is at war for a rare and mysterious "Kamui-the stone resource." In each kingdom, some men wear an emblem since birth that gives them a higher power from the gods. Although the brothers do not have it, they hope to lend a hand to the army of their lord.
Only the conflicts between states are constantly repeat, and Shinsaku refuses to accept the horror of this perpetual war.
(Source: animeland)

Yorozu Genkurou, wandering warrior, possesses an huge sword which makes him redoubtable to his enemies. While he crosses a dark forest, he suddenly sees the fall of what looks very much like a spaceship. Since, he is constantly being attacked by strange ninjas and ambitous fighters. Indeed, he will soon realize that his assailants are nothing else than aliens landed on Earth to find 3 artifacts made of Orichalcum, an alien substance with powerful mystical virtues. And one of the artifacts is the sword he wears. The hunt begins.
(Source: manga-news.com)

St. Dorothea Academy is a prestigious girls school with rich history. It values friendship of its students and there's a tradition to appoint 2 students who showed the most beautiful friendship to be "La Raine" every year. It's said that La Raine, with their eternal friendship guiding the other students, is the one that puts the academy to shine…

The protagonist is a girl with the ability to visit a surreal alternate dimension full of monsters in her dreams. One day, she meets another human girl there around her own age and receives a plea for help.
(Source: MU)

The woman who I fell in love is no longer in the world.
Yousuke Kageyama is a second grade of high school who has extraordinary spiritual inspiration. Because of it, the leader of exorcist club, Juri Kyougetsu request him to investigate an old western style house. He meets Kurea Kuromozaki there. He saved her from an evil spirit, and he fell in love with her at first glance and confessed his feeling to her. However, she was Miona Kuromozaki and possessed by her big sister's spirit. In this way, their strange triangle relation started!!

The city at the end of the railroad tracks, Minami, was once famous for its hot springs, but now it's just a small country town. While walking her dog one day, Satoko, who was born and raised in Minami, accidentally ends up discovering a new hot spring! However, she finds it on a construction site belonging to the neighboring city Kita.
Now the dispute arises; does this new hot spring belong to its discoverer and the city of Minami, or to the owner of the land, Kita? Naturally, the best way to decide this is with a curling match! Since she's the hot springs founder, Satoko is going to be the Minami team's leader. Satoko and her friends are determined not to lose, but they don't really know anything about the sport of curling! Will they be able to defeat Kita and help Minami regain its hot springs fame!?

Rensuke Oshikiri's pure black passion gushes out! The oldest (granny) heroine X survival instincts!!
The manga centers around an 85-year old woman who has no more relatives and no one who knows her. She resolves to survive and live until she dies naturally.
(Source: ANN)

High school student Kukuri is the third thief with the name "Umesato" and she feels she has pretty high standards to uphold. With her partners Niki and Maruo, Kukuri works hard at thieving, less so at school and always seems to come out behind in the final count. When another group of thieves helps themselves to her bounty, it's simply intolerable.
(Source: MU)